Philly.com reported that the renaming came at the request of Willingboro Township Mayor Jacqueline Jennings, after she recalled how the black population in the region reacted with excitement at the campaign and election of Mr. Obama.
“I think that people have a sense of pride about him,” she told Philly.com. “We had so many new people register to vote, people who had never voted before, people who were disenfranchised. … All of a sudden, we had … people wrapping around the buildings when the polls opened. It was a sense of history. Everybody wanted to be a part of it.”
But plenty of local residents are upset at the town council’s name change.
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Renaming the center from the name of the best Democrat presidents ever to the name of the worst president in the world ever would be in keeping with their philosophy of unearned accolades.
ReplyDeleteI have always wondered why no one had suggested doing this here on Delmarva, after all, he is the Masaya to some!
ReplyDelete11:13 How about obammie peninsula?
ReplyDeleteLeave the name of the Kennedy Center alone! It would be unfair to this Nation to rename it after the worst President we have ever had!! Why don't we just rename Martha's Vineyard to Obama's Haven!! Lord knows Obama has spent enough of our tax dollars there for his vacations!!! WORST PRESIDENT EVER - HE'S TEARING THIS COUNTRY APART ONE DAY AT A TIME!!
ReplyDeleteHow about the Washington Obama's to replace the Washington Redskins?
ReplyDeleteKennedy must be rolling in his grave
ReplyDeleteYup
DeleteRename the Civic Center and then start selling beer, when the family cries foul, holler discrimination and their "Racist"!!
ReplyDeletewhy don't we rename the country the U.S. of o?
ReplyDeleteif people in this country wish to be so disrespectful to such a President as Kennedy by replacing his name with such a 1/2 white, mostly Muslim, arrogant, self gratifying, self serving individual as Obama then let them explain it to their descendants why such an ignorant request made by one was followed without care,concern or respect for a real President
ReplyDeleteIF Obama had ANY respect for our COUNTRY he would ask the Council to not remove Kenedy's name.
ReplyDeleteHOWEVER, he is a selfish LIBERAL who couldn't care less about the HISTORY of OLD America. The LIBERALS want a new America.